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HERAEUS
German group acquires majority stake in perPETual Technologies / Entry into PET recycling
19.05.2022
BRASKEM
Plans to acquire Dutch recycler ER Plastics / Manufacture of infrastructure products
17.05.2022
BOREALIS
JV with Reclay to recycle lightweight packaging waste
16.05.2022
BP
Oil major to use naphtha from UK chemical reclaim plant / Contract with Clean Planet Energy
16.05.2022
BRASKEM
Partnership with Danish Plastix to market recycled plastics waste from fishing nets
13.05.2022
RECYCLING USA
Plastics pollution probe launched in California / ExxonMobil issued subpoena
10.05.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING
Fraunhofer study: Comparison of reusable plastic systems with single-use alternatives / Recycled content required for production
09.05.2022
ALPLA
Reusable PET bottle cuts carbon emissions by 30% / rHDPE with lower carbon footprint at Spanish plants
09.05.2022
CIRCULAR PLASTICS AUSTRALIA
Largest PET recycling plant Down Under now up and running / New facility uses recycling line by Austria's Starlinger
09.05.2022
RECYCLASS
Approval of series of polymers, other products for recycling processes
05.05.2022
EASTMAN
Site selected for French polyester reclaim plant / Recyclate-based compounds developed with Maip
02.05.2022
MCDONALD'S
Trial to test clear plastic cups sourced from sustainable materials
02.05.2022
BRIGHTMARK
Plans cancelled for giant chemical recycling facility in US / Missed obligations scrap Georgia plant
29.04.2022
RECYCLING NEW ZEALAND
Next phase begins for soft plastic packaging recycling / Postal service to test collection of post-consumer material
26.04.2022
EVONIK
First quarter exceeds expectations / Q1 core profit up 25% / Stocks replenished
26.04.2022
NOVA CHEMICALS / ENERKEM
Chemical recycling pilot plant to be built in Canada
25.04.2022
RESEARCH
Upcycling PS waste into benzoic acid / Process uses light, oxygen, iron-based catalyst
22.04.2022
RECYCLING AUSTRALIA
Government invests in local plastics recycler for development of new technology
19.04.2022
SCHWARZ
Capacity expansion at MEG Übach-Palenberg recycling plant / rPET bottles for Lidl and Kaufland
19.04.2022
NEXTCHEM
Demo plant for chemical recycling of textile waste / Capacity to process 1,000 t/y
14.04.2022
MORSSINKHOF-RYMOPLAST
Major expansion of LDPE film recycling / EUR 30 mn for second plant at eastern German site
14.04.2022
SABIC
Mattel to incorporate Trucircle renewable polymers in products globally
12.04.2022
MOL
Acquisition of Hungary's leading plastics recycler / Deal raises MOL's total recycling capacity to 40,000 t/y
11.04.2022
KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST
West Virginia site selected for North American rPET/PET capacity expansion
11.04.2022
PURECYCLE
Second large PP reclaim facility in Augusta, USA / Completion expected in 2023
07.04.2022
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